Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-26
THROUGH THE HEART.
John Quinn Killed by a Bullet From
British Bulldog Operated by
John Raucher.
In Return He Wounds His Man Sc.
YereIy-The Small Matter That
Led to Deadly ARRAY.
Considerable Conflict of Testimony Among
Witnesses, But a General Belief That
the killing Was JusttfiabIe.

The fremont house, at the corner Of
Calhoun and Fifteenth streets, was the
scene of tragedy at 80 O'Clock p. m.
yesterday, in which one man was shot
dead and another severely, but not fatally
wounded. The first floor of the fremont
is occupied as a saloon, the upper story as
a lodging house,an it is rather popular
resort for railroad men and laborers. The
saloon is run by John Raucher, middle
aged German, we'll known in the city. 1t
seems that about the hour given there
were in the saloon besides R4ucher and
his assistant, Henry Frolich, a machinist
named John Quinn, a comparative
stranger, and couple of rail-
road men, one OF them named
O'Keefe. Quinn and the railroaders were
together, ne and O'Keefe being old &C
quaintances. 1t appears that the dispute
causing the shooting arose over the re-
fusal of Raucher to furnish the party with
any more beer. There had been no pre-
vious quarrel between any of the parties.
The account of the affair as told by
Frolich
THE BARKEEPER
was about as follows: Quinn had been
about here several days, coming in Of
evenings, and drinking good deal,
which rendered him qu4rrelsome. He
was in about O'Clock with two others,
whom 1 didn't know. Quinn asked,
Raucher for some beer, but was refused,
as he had already drank enough. Then
he asked Raucher what he KEEP
that pistol back there for, point
ing to the one lying on the
SbolF babjpd tho bor pouobor cold ba
didn't keep it to use, but it belonged
there, and he had a right to keep it.
Then Quinn reached over and struck him
a time or two on the face. l was behind
the bar, next to the ice chest, RauCher
was close to me, but between me and
Quinn, who was standing out in the CEN
ter of the room, near the foot Of the
counter, when ne drew his pistol and
fired at Raucher. He shot at the latter
three times, the first shot striking him
believes in the hip. After firing the
second shot Raucher fired, and the bull
let struck the wall over Quinn's head
Then Quinn fired the third time and
Rancher got in his second, which was the
shot that killed Quinn. He went
out of the house, and staggering
around the corner, dropped dead.
The two men that were with Quinn did
not take hand in the shooting.
DIR. NJ. MATKIN
was on his way to dinner and saw three
men emerge from the front door Of the
saloon looking on Calhoun street, imme-
diately after the firing ceased Two of
them darted around the corner on Fiji
teenth and started toward Main;
the other turned to look back,
then staggered few feet
and fell in little open space between
the saloon and an adjoining cabin on
Ca houn street. He hurried to the fallen
man, and cutting through his shirt with
pair of scissors, found bullet hole in
his right side just below the nipple. The
ball passed through the heart and came
cut on the opposite side.
When Quinn struck the ground his
earthly career had closed. Leaving one
whom medical skill was powerless to
keep, the doctor entered the saloon and
turned his attention to Raucher, whom he
found suffering from two wounds. The
bullet that did the most damage struck
the anterior part of the left hip bone,
passing in the direction of the
joint and coming out at the
extremity of the spinal column.
The other was q slight flesh wound that
barely ploWed through the skin of the
left shoulder. Opiates were administered,
but as Raucher resisted every effort at
probing, nothing further was done. It is
not thought by his physicians that any
vital part had been reached, and unless
the hip joint has been shattered, he will
get over his injuries readily.
THE INQUEST.
Justice Smith empauel. ed a Jury of in
quest IN the case. The testimony was
meager and conflicting, and throws no
very atisfactOry light on the tragedy S.
Ensy, the first witness, keeper of
down town boarding house, testified:
| went into Raucher's saloon about ii
a. m. and came back at in the afternoon.
Heard R4ucner say no man could
run him out of his house.
Some one said, owe don't
want to run you out, we want beer
Rsucher said 'No, Cd d-you you can't
run me OUT" and with that he pulled the
drawer out, and took out a pistol. De-
ceased said "What in the h do you mean
by that; you have got the advantage of
me-" He then went to pull his pistol, and
it hung in his pocket, but he finally got it
out. Raucher had by that time snapped
his pistol three times at deceased
and deceased snapped his two or three
times before it fred. 1t went off at last
and Rsucher fell to the floor. Then he
got up and began firing. 1 will not be
certain which fred first.
NJ. d. MARLEY,
being sworn, said: l stepped in saloon
aud saw bartender behind bar. Saw him
reach for his gun from his drawer. Then
he pointed at deceased and
snapped it twice I think. After the
shooting was over deceased walked
out of saloon and remarked that she had
one on him, and that he'd be dead man
in a minute"
The testimony of E. O'Keefe. the dead
mans friend, was Of about the same tenor
as the foregoing.
GEORGE HILL, JR.,
swore that he was standing in the saloon
door and saw some men trying to pQt
another man out of the door. Saw
the bartender (Raucher) talking to,
O'Keefe. The bartender was one
of the men that did the
shooting. Deceased asked bartender